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That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And he goes like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? Basically. And I was like, excuse me? And he's like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? I was like, if you could tell me where that is, I'd really appreciate it. You'd be answering the great mystery of my life. Great mystery of my life.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And he goes like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? Basically. And I was like, excuse me? And he's like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? I was like, if you could tell me where that is, I'd really appreciate it. You'd be answering the great mystery of my life. Great mystery of my life.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And he goes like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? Basically. And I was like, excuse me? And he's like, why don't you just go back to where you came from? I was like, if you could tell me where that is, I'd really appreciate it. You'd be answering the great mystery of my life. Great mystery of my life.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Because it is just like you were talking about with your daughters in terms of being Ethiopian-American, but not in Ethiopia, not really fully American. All these sort of like liminal places that folks... tend to inhabit. Randall's like, bro, I was too black for this red haired girl's daddy, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Because it is just like you were talking about with your daughters in terms of being Ethiopian-American, but not in Ethiopia, not really fully American. All these sort of like liminal places that folks... tend to inhabit. Randall's like, bro, I was too black for this red haired girl's daddy, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Because it is just like you were talking about with your daughters in terms of being Ethiopian-American, but not in Ethiopia, not really fully American. All these sort of like liminal places that folks... tend to inhabit. Randall's like, bro, I was too black for this red haired girl's daddy, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And now I'm not black enough for you, et cetera, even though I'm here actively trying to do something to be of service. And he breaks down what Saul Brown did for him.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And now I'm not black enough for you, et cetera, even though I'm here actively trying to do something to be of service. And he breaks down what Saul Brown did for him.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And now I'm not black enough for you, et cetera, even though I'm here actively trying to do something to be of service. And he breaks down what Saul Brown did for him.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And it's a whole story about I was going to lose my spot. We had a new landlord come in, hike up the rent 50%. Saul goes and talks to the person. They break bread, et cetera. Next thing I know, it was an incremental increase. I was able to keep my place. So I don't owe him my vote. I owe him my life. Right? Right. So you're like, well, damn, that's gonna be hard to compete.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And it's a whole story about I was going to lose my spot. We had a new landlord come in, hike up the rent 50%. Saul goes and talks to the person. They break bread, et cetera. Next thing I know, it was an incremental increase. I was able to keep my place. So I don't owe him my vote. I owe him my life. Right? Right. So you're like, well, damn, that's gonna be hard to compete.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

And it's a whole story about I was going to lose my spot. We had a new landlord come in, hike up the rent 50%. Saul goes and talks to the person. They break bread, et cetera. Next thing I know, it was an incremental increase. I was able to keep my place. So I don't owe him my vote. I owe him my life. Right? Right. So you're like, well, damn, that's gonna be hard to compete.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I need a new tactic. And this is, it's 3.05 still, because I'm confiding 3.05 and 3.06 in my head. I know, I know, that you want to jump into J1, but we're not there yet. We haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. Haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. But we go home, and Beth and I have a moment Oh, this is a quick, you go to the car.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I need a new tactic. And this is, it's 3.05 still, because I'm confiding 3.05 and 3.06 in my head. I know, I know, that you want to jump into J1, but we're not there yet. We haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. Haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. But we go home, and Beth and I have a moment Oh, this is a quick, you go to the car.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

I need a new tactic. And this is, it's 3.05 still, because I'm confiding 3.05 and 3.06 in my head. I know, I know, that you want to jump into J1, but we're not there yet. We haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. Haven't gotten to the new tactic yet. But we go home, and Beth and I have a moment Oh, this is a quick, you go to the car.

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

We go to the car and I said, I completely forgot to ask about your interview. How'd it go? And she said, you know, I did my thing. I was all charming and Beth and dah, dah, dah, dah. I was like, that's what I'm talking about, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

We go to the car and I said, I completely forgot to ask about your interview. How'd it go? And she said, you know, I did my thing. I was all charming and Beth and dah, dah, dah, dah. I was like, that's what I'm talking about, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

We go to the car and I said, I completely forgot to ask about your interview. How'd it go? And she said, you know, I did my thing. I was all charming and Beth and dah, dah, dah, dah. I was like, that's what I'm talking about, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Because it's almost like she knew, Beth, being someone's rock, because this gets echoed again, like, thank you for being my rock is Kate's line to you in the episode, in this episode. Yeah. And it's like that sort of responsibility of being the rock oftentimes means like, do I have permission to show when the rock is cracked, right?

That Was Us
Becoming Toby | "Toby" (305) with special guest Director Chris Koch

Because it's almost like she knew, Beth, being someone's rock, because this gets echoed again, like, thank you for being my rock is Kate's line to you in the episode, in this episode. Yeah. And it's like that sort of responsibility of being the rock oftentimes means like, do I have permission to show when the rock is cracked, right?